Radicals
北 (3) - Updated the mnemonic, and added radical illustration.
Kanji
北 (3) - Changed the radical components from “Ice,” “Stick,” and “Spoon” to “North,” and updated the meaning mnemonic and hint.
試 (9) - Added 式 (15) to the visually similar kanji list.
旅 (12) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
却 (38) - Added “on the contrary,” “instead,” “retreat,” and “return” to the allow list.
慮 (38) - Updated the meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
滑 (42) - Changed the primary meaning to “slide”, added “glide” as an alternative meaning, moved “slippery” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
謎 (44) - Changed the primary meaning to “mystery”, moved “riddle” to be an alternative meaning, added “puzzle,” “enigma,” and “conundrum” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
穂 (46) - Added 穏 (46) to the visually similar kanji list.
砕 (47) - Added “crush,” “break,” and “shatter” to the allow list, and added “grind” and “pound” to the warning list.
憶 (48) - Added “reminiscence” to the allow list.
蓄 (48) - Added “accumulate,” “save up,” “store,” and “store up. build up” to the allow list, and added “save” and “build” to the warning list.
珠 (49) - Added “jewel” to the warning list.
燥 (51) - Added “dry” to the allow list.
蓮 (51) - Added “sacred lotus” to the allow list.
頂 (51) - Added “receive” to the warning list.
孤 (52) - Added “solitary” and “solitude” to the allow list, and added “lonely,” “isolated,” and “isolation” to the warning list.
芳 (52) - Changed the primary meaning to “aromatic”, added “fragrance” as an alternative meaning, moved “perfume” to the allow list, added “aroma,” “scent,” and “fragrant” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
虜 (55) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
Vocabulary
少し (3) - Added “a bit” as an alternative meaning.
西 (5) - Added せい to the warning list.
西ヨーロッパ (6) - Added “Eastern Europe” to the block list.
夜 (6) - Added よ to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
写る (6) - Changed the primary meaning to “to be in a photograph”, added “to appear in a photograph” as an alternative meaning, moved “to be photographed” to the allow list, added “to appear in a photo” and “to appear in a picture” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
石ころ (6) - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
東 (6) - Added とう to the warning list.
海水魚 (7) - Added “marine fish,” “sea fish,” and “ocean fish” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
西日 (7) - Added “morning sun” to the block list.
数 (8) - Added かぞ and すう to the warning list.
楽 (8) - Added たの and がく to the warning list.
南アフリカ (8) - Added みなみアフリカ as an alternative reading.
南国 (9) - Added “northern country” to the block list.
思想 (13) - Fixed an error in one of the context sentences.
お疲れ様 (14) - Added “thanks for the work” and “thank you for the work” to the allow list.
紀元後 (15) - Added “after Christ” to the allow list.
夢中 (20) - Added “being absorbed” and “being absorbed in” to the allow list.
統合 (22) - Added “uniting,” “integrating,” “unifying,” and “consolidating” to the allow list, and added “synthesis,” “synthesize,” and “synthesizing” to the warning list.
辞職 (23) - Added “resigning” as an alternative meaning, moved “quitting” to the allow list, added “quit the job,” “quitting the job,” “step down,” “stepping down,” “step down from a position,” “stepping down from a position,” “quitting a position,” “quit a position,” “leave one’s job,” “leaving one’s job,” “leave one’s post,” and “leaving one’s post” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
警視庁 (24) - Added “Tokyo metropolitan police department,” “Tokyo metro police department,” “Tokyo’s metropolitan police department,” and “Tokyo’s metro police department” to the allow list, added “police department” and “police overseeing agency” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
支度 (27) - Updated the reading explanation.
促す (29) - Added “to encourage,” “to prompt,” and “to promote” as alternative meanings, moved “to pressure” to the allow list, added “to stimulate” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
著作 (33) - Added “literature work” and “literary work” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
異常 (33) - Added “abnormality” as an alternative meaning, moved “strange” and “disorder” to the allow list, and added “unusual,” “extraordinary,” and “uncommon” to the allow list.
発揮する (34) - Added “to bring out” as an alternative meaning, added “to showcase” to the allow list, added “to expose” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
大抵 (37) - Added “in general,” “normally,” “mostly,” “almost,” “nearly,” “almost all,” and “nearly all” to the allow list, and added “probably” to the warning list.
終身刑 (37) - Added “life imprisonment” as an alternative meaning, added “life-term” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
戦闘 (37) - Moved “a battle” to the allow list, added “combat” as an alternative meaning.
崩す (37) - Added くづす reading to the warning list, changed the primary meaning to “to break down”, added “to tear down” and “to crumble” as alternative meanings, moved “to demolish,” “to break,” and “to pull down” to the allow list, added “to break something down,” “to disintegrate something,” “to let collapse,” “to break up,” “to demolish something,” “to break something,” “to pull something down,” “to crumble something,” “to destroy,” “to destroy something,” “to tear down,” “to tear something down,” “to tear apart,” “to tear something apart,” “to disrupt,” “to disrupt something,” “to destruct,” “to destruct something,” “to dismantle,” and “to dismantle something” to the allow list, added “to change,” “to change something,” “to fall out of line,” “to sit at ease,” “to sit at one’s ease,” “to lose balance,” “to lose one’s balance,” “to get out of shape,” “to fall ill,” “to loosen,” “to loosen one’s posture,” “to write in cursive,” and “to disrupt formations” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added six common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.
自爆 (37) - Added “suicide bombing” as an alternative meaning, added “self-destruction,” “self-explosion,” “self-sabotage,” “sabotage oneself,” and “sabotaging oneself” to the allow list, added “ruining one’s own situation,” “self-inflicted mistake,” “own goal,” and “self-inflicted loss” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
爆笑 (37) - Added “burst out laughing” and “lol” as alternative meanings, added “bursting out laughing,” “burst into laughter,” “bursting into laughter,” “lmao,” “laughing hysterically,” “laugh hysterically,” “laughing out loud,” “laugh out loud,” “laughing my ass off,” “laugh my ass off,” “loud laughter,” “bursting into loud laughter,” “burst into loud laughter,” “laugh loudly,” “laughing loudly,” “burst of laughter,” “rofl,” and “rolling on the floor laughing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
募金 (37) - Added “donations” as an alternative meaning, added “fund raising,” “fund-raising,” “donation,” “make a donation,” “making a donation,” “donate,” “donating,” “collecting donations,” “donate money,” “donating money,” “money donations,” “raising funds,” and “raise funds” to the allow list, added “collect,” “collecting,” and “collection” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
募集 (37) - Added “hire” and “hiring” to the allow list, added “look for,” “looking for,” “look,” “looking,” “seek,” and “seeking” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
全般的 (38) - Added “comprehensive” to the allow list, and added “universal” to the warning list.
躍り (41) - Added “jump” and “leap” to the allow list.
誠意 (41) - Added “honesty” to the allow list.
円滑 (42) - Added “streamlined” and “harmonious” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
暫く (42) - Changed the primary meaning to “for a while”, added “for some time” as an alternative meaning, moved “for a little while,” “in a little while,” and “for a moment” to the allow list, added “for the time being,” “for now,” “for a minute,” and “for a long time” to the allow list, added “for now” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, and added one context sentence translation.
滑る (42) - Added “to glide” as an alternative meaning, added “to fail,” “to fail a test,” “to be demoted,” “to get demoted,” “to bomb,” “to ski,” “to skate,” and “to snowboard” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
一斉 (43) - Added “at once,” “all at the same time,” “at the same time,” “all together,” and “in unison” to the allow list.
慰める (43) - Added “to comfort” as an alternative meaning, added “to cheer up,” “to cheer someone up,” “to cheer up someone,” “to console someone,” and “to comfort someone” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
軒 (43) - Added “counter for houses” and “house counter” to the warning list.
慰謝料 (43) - Moved “reparation” and “settlement” to the allow list, added “money compensation” and “monetary compensation” to the allow list, added “financial redress” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
滋養 (43) - Added “nutrition” as an alternative meaning, added “nurture,” “nourishing,” and “nutritious” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
滑り台 (44) - Updated the meaning explanation.
謎 (44) - Added “puzzle,” “enigma,” and “conundrum” to the allow list.
謎々 (44) - Updated the meaning explanation.
泊める (45) - Added “to let stay” and “to let someone stay” to the warning list.
肌触り (45) - Added “touch” and “feeling” to the allow list.
稲穂 (46) - Added “ear of rice plant,” “ear of a rice plant,” “head of rice plant,” and “head of a rice plant” to the allow list.
斬新 (46) - Changed the primary meaning to “novel”, moved “novel idea” and “original idea” to the warning list, added “innovative” and “inventive” as alternative meanings, added “fresh,” “new,” and “unique” to the allow list, added “cutting edge” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
鍛錬 (46) - Changed the primary meaning to “training”, added “discipline” as an alternative meaning, moved “tempering” and “forging” to the allow list, added “train,” “temper,” and “forge” to the allow list, added “hardening,” “harden,” “build,” “building,” “build up,” and “building up” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
阻止 (46) - Added “preventing” as an alternative meaning, added “prevention,” “stop,” “stopping,” “prevent,” “block,” “blocking,” “hinder,” “hindering,” “thwart,” and “thwarting” to the allow list, added “check” and “checking” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
湿らせる (47) - Added three context sentence translations.
お婆さん (47) - Added “elderly woman” as an alternative meaning, moved “old woman” and “old lady” to the allow list, and added “granny” and “grannie” to the warning list.
〜畳 (47) - Added “counter for tatami,” “tatami counter,” and “number of tatami” to the allow list.
未遂 (48) - Added “failed attempt” as an alternative meaning, added “failed to commit,” “unsuccessful attempt,” “incomplete attempt,” and “attempted” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
水溶性 (48) - Added “water solubility” as an alternative meaning, added “water-soluble,” “water-solubility,” “solubility,” and “soluble” to the allow list, added の-adjective word type, and updated the meaning explanation.
畜産 (48) - Changed the primary meaning to “livestock farming”, moved “animal husbandry” to be an alternative meaning, added “stockbreeding,” “stock breeding,” “stock raising,” “stock farming,” “livestock farming,” “livestock raising,” and “livestock breeding” to the allow list, added “veterinary,” “breeding,” and “livestock” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
備蓄 (48) - Added “stockpiling” and “reserving” to the allow list, added “provision” and “provisions” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
概要 (49) - Added “brief overview” to the allow list, added “overview” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
侵食 (49) - Added “provision” to the block list.
開拓 (49) - Added “cultivate,” “cultivating,” “reclaim,” and “reclaiming” to the allow list, and added “open up,” “opening up,” “clear,” “clearing,” “pioneer,” “find,” “finding,” “seek,” “seeking,” “develop,” “developing,” and “development” to the warning list.
奮起 (50) - Moved “stirring” and “rousing oneself” to the allow list, changed the primary meaning to “rousing”, added “rousing someone” as an alternative meaning, added “stir,” “stir up,” “stirring up,” “rouse,” “muster up,” and “mustering up” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
灯る (50) - Added とぼる reading to the warning list.
頂く (51) - Added “to receive,” “to accept,” “to eat,” and “to drink” to the warning list.
柔軟 (51) - Added “supple” to the allow list, and added “soft,” “flexibility,” “softness,” and “adaptable” to the warning list.
農耕 (51) - Added “cultivation” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
蓮 (51) - Changed the primary meaning to “lotus”, moved “sacred lotus” to be an alternative meaning, added はちす to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
没頭 (52) - Moved “immersing yourself,” “immerse oneself,” and “immerse yourself” to the allow list, added “being absorbed,” “being engrossed,” “be absorbed,” and “be engrossed” to the allow list, added “immerse,” “immersing,” and “immersion” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
殊勝 (52) - Added “praiseworthy” as an alternative meaning, added “commendable” and “impressive” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
偏見 (52) - Added “bias” as an alternative meaning, added “biased,” “prejudiced,” and “stereotype” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
欠陥 (52) - Moved “deficiency” to the allow list, added “flaw” to the allow list, moved “deformity” to the warning list, added “shortcoming” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
芳香 (52) - Changed the primary meaning to “fragrance”, added “sweet smell” as an alternative meaning, moved “perfume” and “aroma” to the allow list, added “good smell,” “pleasant smell,” “aromatic smell,” “good aroma,” and “pleasant aroma” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
芳しい (52) - Changed the primary meaning to “aromatic”, added “sweet-smelling” as an alternative meaning, added “pleasant-smelling,” “favorable,” and “favourable” to the allow list, moved “good” and “sweet” to the warning list, added “admirable” and “well-received” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
過剰 (53) - Added “excessive” as an alternative meaning, added “surplus,” “too much,” “over-,” “more than needed,” and “more than necessary” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
惨め (53) - Added “pathetic” as an alternative meaning, added “pitiable” and “pitiful” to the allow list, moved “unhappy” and “sad” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
玄人 (53) - Moved “specialist” to the allow list, moved “woman of the red light district” to the warning list, added “master” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
脊髄 (55) - Added “spinal” and “spinal marrow” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
脈拍 (56) - Added “pulse rate” and “heartbeat rate” to the allow list, added “heartbeat” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
Additions and movements
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